My great-grandmother, Vincenza Piazza, came to the US on March 12, 1909 on the Principe di Piemonte. She was married to Guiseppe Sabella who came over before her. I found the manifest record on http://www.EllisIsland.org (sorry, I tried to post it here but couldn't get the image to show up). She came over with four of her children and several other family members who were all listed on the same page. The oldest child, Brigida, had lost her arm, and there is a notation about it on the manifest (on the second page), but I can't make out the whole thing. Can someone please take a look and see if you can decipher the handwriting? Looks like it says, "loss left arm which ....affects ability......" I can't make out the rest.

This birth record I think is not the right one he says on the sidenote this Vincenza Piazza married Michel Di VitaTry this link for your shipmanifests just post the pg linkPG LINKhttp://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.htmlMarty

Heres the birth record of their child Antonio Sabella INDEX # 6401900 Nov 18th in the town of Sciacca birth of Antonio Sabella son Giuseppe Sabella age 28 sailor and Vincenza Piazza delivered by Marianna TrioloPG LINKhttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... 1226015544

Thanks for reading that birth record. I wasn't sure the date was right because I couldn't find August mentioned, but I did see the thirteenth, so I thought it might be right. I'll keep looking.

As far as the children, I know the oldest two were born in Sicily, but the rest were born in the US. She apparently went back and forth several times before the last trip in 1909. I know the daughter stayed in Sicily and lived with the grandmother until this time. In fact, on the manifest, it does indicate that the two youngest children are "US born".

Did Giuseppe have any brothers they came over to the states?INDEX #732 1898 Nov 3rd in the town of Sciacca birth of Brigia Sabella daughter of Giuseppe Sabella age 27 sailor and his wife Vincenza Piazza PG LINKhttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... 1731443632CLICK FOR RECORD CLICK TO ENLARGE

Still looking for the marriage record of Giuseppe Sabella and Vincenza Piazza didn't see them in the marriage acts you can double check these marriage indexes for Sciacca on familysearch.org should be under S1898-pg 4581897-3651896-2451895-1171894-30441893-29681892-28291891-27171890-26251889-25361888-24371887-23361886-2234

adelfio wrote:Did Giuseppe have any brothers they came over to the states?INDEX #732 1898 Nov 3rd in the town of Sciacca birth of Brigia Sabella daughter of Giuseppe Sabella age 27 sailor and his wife Vincenza Piazza

Still looking for the marriage record of Giuseppe Sabella and Vincenza Piazza didn't see them in the marriage acts you can double check these marriage indexes for Sciacca on familysearch.org should be under S

Marty

Thank you for finding Bridget's birth record! She has been of particular interest to me...she was my grandmother's sister and lost her arm as a child in a trolley accident in NY. She then went on to become a typist (with one arm) but died at age 37 from kidney failure.

Guiseppe had two brothers that I know of...Antonino (wife Maria Rotolo) and Lorenzo (wife Accursio Imbornone...I think that's what the last name says). Both women were on the ship with Vincenza Sabella.

I've been looking for Guiseppe and Vincenza's marriage record as well. I was told they married the year before Bridget was born. I'm also still trying to find Vincenza's birth record as I'm not sure of her father's name. I'll keep searching...hopefully it'll turn up.

Giuseppe Sabella birth record the naming pattern with the kids makes me pretty sure this himStill looking for that marriage recordINDEX#2421872 April 16th in the town of Sciacca birth of Giuseppe Sabella son of Antonio Sabella age 31 sailor (son of deceased Giuseppe Sabella) and Brigida Marinello age 22 (daughter of Lorenzo Marinello)PG LINKhttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... 1125441428CLICK FOR RECORD CLICK TO ENLARGE

adelfio wrote:Giuseppe Sabella birth record the naming pattern with the kids makes me pretty sure this himStill looking for that marriage recordINDEX#2421872 April 16th in the town of Sciacca birth of Giuseppe Sabella son of Antonio Sabella age 31 sailor (son of deceased Giuseppe Sabella) and Brigida Marinello age 22 (daughter of Lorenzo Marinello)PG LINKhttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... 1125441428CLICK FOR RECORD CLICK TO ENLARGE

Marty

Yes! This is definitely him! I had his parents as Antonio Sabella and Bridget Marinelli with a date of birth as 15 April 1872 (date was from his grave marker). And yes, this family is stuck on naming patterns. There have been huge fights over this as the grandchildren deviated from the tradition!

Thank you for locating this record, Marty. I searched for hours last night for Guiseppe and Vincenza's birth records and came up empty.

Hello. I am new to this site. was just googling my grandfather Antonio Piazza from Sciacca. He married Ninfa Caracappa. Her brother was Fileppe Caracappa. I have been to Sciacca many times although not for some years now. But I am planning a trip in September and would love to meet any relatives. I did meet Giovanni and Nicola Piazza, grandsons of my grandfathers brother.